The
Battle of Ridaniya (; ) was fought on January 22, 1517 in
Egypt. The
Ottoman forces of
Selim I defeated the
Mamluk forces under
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II. The Turks marched into
Cairo, and the severed head of Tuman bay II, Egypt’s last Mamluk Sultan, was hung over an entrance gate in the Al Ghourieh quarter of
Cairo. Or, alternatively, he was hung from the gate and buried after three days.